People Partner, Tokyo

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role: We are looking for an exceptional HR Business Partner based in Tokyo, Japan to support our rapidly growing international teams at Anthropic. This highly visible and cross-functional role will support leadership in the region and help build out our HR policies and strategies, and act as a trusted leader and guide on a wide range of employee-related topics. Responsibilities: Act as a trusted advisor to managers and leaders in region on HR-related topics and help to guide our human resources strategy as we scale Provide support to employees and managers on all human resource-related topics throughout their lifecycle at Anthropic in partnership with other People team experts (e.g. Benefits, Compensation, etc.) Work closely with management to create a culture of high performance based on our values while helping ensure that performance management and employee relations issues are managed according to local law and practice In partnership with specialist teams (e.g. Benefits, Compensation, etc.), leadership, and finance, help build and implement top-tier, scalable programs and policies to attract and retain and grow outstanding talent at Anthropic Partner with our people infrastructure & integrity, legal, and compliance teams to ensure the right infrastructure is in place and operating in our offices. Help ensure compliance with local law and best practices, including immigration and background checks, in consultation with specialist teams and employment legal as appropriate You may be a good fit if you: Have a minimum of 10 years experience working in HR, People Operations, Employee Relations, or other closely related functions Have experience operating at a global company, and relative fluency with Japan (and other APAC region) specific HR and employment policies and best practices Have worked at a tech company, start-up, or a similarly fast-paced environment Fluent in Japanese and English Strong candidates may also: Care deeply when it comes to helping and supporting a diverse set of people at all levels of an organization, excelling in supporting employees and managers to do their best work Have proven experience and skill sets in providing confidential, practical support and are trained in topics like conflict resolution Have strong working knowledge of human-resource-related best practices and are able to effectively implement these in a culturally appropriate fashion Be a pragmatic problem-solver and enjoy developing creative solutions Thrive in building and scaling processes, and enjoy identifying and setting up new systems at a quickly growing company Care about ensuring that advanced AI systems are developed safely, and have at minimum a basic interest in artificial intelligence and its potential applications Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet eve